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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






2. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






3. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






4. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






5. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






6. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






7. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






8. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






9. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






10. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






11. r-controlled syllable






12. Multisensory Structured Language






13. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






14. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






15. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






16. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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17. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






18. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






19. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






20. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






21. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






22. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






23. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






24. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






25. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






26. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






27. Final stable syllable

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28. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






29. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






30. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






31. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






32. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






33. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






34. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






35. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






36. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






37. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






38. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






39. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






40. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






41. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






42. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






43. Individual Educational Plan






44. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






45. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






46. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






47. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






48. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






49. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






50. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound